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| *[[1404]] - [[Leone Battista Alberti]], Italian painter and philosopher (d. [[1472]]) | *[[1404]] - [[Leone Battista Alberti]], Italian painter and philosopher (d. [[1472]]) | ||
| - | *[[1468]] - [[Johann Werner]], German mathematician (d. [[1522]]) | ||
| - | *[[1483]] - [[Babur]], Moghul emperor of India (d. [[1530]]) | ||
| - | *[[1602]] - [[Francesco Cavalli]], Italian composer (d. [[1676]]) | ||
| - | *[[1680]] - [[John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester]], English privy councillor (d. [[1737]]) | ||
| - | *[[1692]] - [[Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée]], French writer (d. [[1754]]) | ||
| - | *[[1701]] - [[Enrique Florez]], Spanish historian (d. [[1773]]) | ||
| - | *[[1763]] - [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau]], French general (d. [[1813]]) | ||
| *[[1766]] - [[Thomas Malthus]], English economist (d. [[1834]]) | *[[1766]] - [[Thomas Malthus]], English economist (d. [[1834]]) | ||
| - | *[[1788]] - [[Fernando Sor]], Spanish composer (d. [[1839]]) | ||
| - | *[[1812]] - [[Alfred Thomas Agate]], American artist (d. [[1846]]) | ||
| - | *[[1819]] - [[Joshua A. Norton]], American eccentric (d. [[1880]]) | ||
| - | * 1819 - [[Christopher Sholes]], American inventor (d. [[1890]]) | ||
| - | *[[1824]] - [[Winfield Scott Hancock]], American Civil War Union general (d. [[1886]]) | ||
| - | *[[1828]] - [[Edmond François Valentin About]], French writer (d. [[1885]]) | ||
| - | *[[1846]] - [[Julian Scott]], American artist and [[Civil War Medal of Honor]] recipient. (d. [[1901]]) | ||
| - | *[[1847]] - [[Anna Howard Shaw]], American suffragette (d. [[1919]]) | ||
| - | * 1847 - [[Maria Pia of Italy]], queen of Portugal (d. [[1911]]) | ||
| - | *[[1848]] - [[Benjamin Baillaud]], French astronomer (d. [[1934]]) | ||
| *[[1856]] - [[Frank Harris]], Irish author and editor (d. [[1931]]) | *[[1856]] - [[Frank Harris]], Irish author and editor (d. [[1931]]) | ||
| *[[1869]] - [[Charles Thomson Rees Wilson|Charles Wilson]], Scottish physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (d. [[1959]]) | *[[1869]] - [[Charles Thomson Rees Wilson|Charles Wilson]], Scottish physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (d. [[1959]]) | ||
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- 1779 - James Cook was killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
- 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
Births
- 1404 - Leone Battista Alberti, Italian painter and philosopher (d. 1472)
- 1766 - Thomas Malthus, English economist (d. 1834)
- 1856 - Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (d. 1931)
- 1869 - Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1959)
- 1871 - Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (d. 1959)
- 1884 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (d. 1972)
- 1884 - Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet (d. 1974)
- 1884 - Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1952)
- 1890 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (d. 1956)
- 1892 - Radola Gajda, Czech military commander (d. 1948)
- 1894 - Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973)
- 1898 - Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974)
- 1902 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (d. 1969)
- 1903 - Stu Erwin, American actor (d. 1967)
- 1912 - Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (d. 1988)
- 1913 - Mel Allen, American sports reporter (d. 1996)
- 1913 - Woody Hayes, American college football coach (d. 1987)
- 1913 - Jimmy Hoffa, American labor union leader (disappeared 1975)
- 1914 - Margarete Mewes, Nazi overseer at concentration camp
- 1914 - Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (d. 2007)
- 1916 - Marcel Bigeard, French general
- 1916 - Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director (d. 1996)
- 1916 - Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974)
- 1917 - Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician, Nobel Prize Laureate
- 1921 - Hugh Downs, American television host
- 1922 - Murray the K, American impresario and disk jockey (d. 1982)
- 1927 - Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (d. 2007)
- 1929 - Vic Morrow, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1931 - Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian hockey player (d. 2006)
- 1931 - Brian Kelly, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1931 - Phyllis McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters)
- 1932 - Alexander Kluge, German actor and film director
- 1933 - Madhubala, Indian actress (d. 1969)
- 1934 - Michel Corboz, Swiss conductor
- 1934 - Florence Henderson, American actress
- 1936 - Fanne Foxe, Argentine dancer and focus of a 1974 scandal involving Congressman Wilbur Mills.
- 1936 - Andrew Prine, American actor
- 1941 - Donna Shalala, American educator
- 1941 - Paul Tsongas, United States Senator from Massachusetts (d. 1997)
- 1942 - Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
- 1942 - Andrew Robinson, American actor
- 1942 - Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (d. 1962)
- 1943 - Maceo Parker, American musician (P-Funk)
- 1943 - Aaron Russo, American movie producer (d. 2007)
- 1944 - Carl Bernstein, American journalist
- 1944 - Alan Parker, British film director and writer
- 1944 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (d. 1978)
- 1945 - Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
- 1946 - Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (d. 2003)
- 1946 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (d. 2003)
- 1947 - Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (d. 1975)
- 1948 - Pat O'Brien, American sportscaster and television host
- 1948 - Teller, American magician (Penn and Teller)
- 1950 - Roger Fisher, American musician (Heart)
- 1951 - Kevin Keegan, English footballer
- 1951 - JoJo Starbuck, American ice skater
- 1952 - Nancy Keenan, current NARAL president
- 1955 - Rip Rogers, American professional wrestler
- 1957 - Alan Hunter, one of the original MTV VJs
- 1957 - Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano
- 1958 - Enrique Mansilla, Argentine racing driver
- 1958 - Grant Thomas, Australian rules footballer
- 1959 - Renée Fleming, American soprano
- 1960 - Jim Kelly, American football player
- 1960 - Meg Tilly, Canadian actress
- 1961 - Phillip Hamilton, American author
- 1962 - Kevyn Aucoin, American cosmetologist (d. 2002)
- 1962 - Michael Higgs, English actor
- 1962 - Philippe Sella, French rugby player
- 1962 - Sakina Jaffrey, Indian actress
- 1963 - Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor
- 1964 - Gianni Bugno, Italian cyclist
- 1964 - Zach Galligan, American actor
- 1966 - Petr Svoboda, National Hockey League player
- 1967 - Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
- 1967 - Stelios Haji-Ioannou, British entrepreneur
- 1968 - Jules Asner, American television personality
- 1969 - Adriana Behar, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- 1969 - Harry Colon, American football player
- 1970 - Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist
- 1970 - Simon Pegg, British comedian and actor
- 1971 - Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer
- 1972 - Drew Bledsoe, American football player
- 1972 - Big Daddy V, American professional wrestler
- 1972 - Hiroshi, Japanese comedian
- 1972 - Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress
- 1972 - Rob Thomas, American musician (Matchbox Twenty)
- 1973 - Steve McNair, American football player
- 1974 - Filippa Giordano, Italian singer
- 1974 - Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer
- 1975 - Scott Owen, Australian musician (The Living End)
- 1975 - Yul Kwon, American Survivor contestant
- 1976 - Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer (Leaves' Eyes)
- 1977 - Darren Bennett, a Professional Latin Ballroom Dancer
- 1977 - Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist
- 1977 - Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
- 1978 - Dean Gaffney, British actor
- 1978 - Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
- 1978 - Darius Songaila, basketball player
- 1979 - Pablo Pallante, Uruguayan footballer
- 1980 - Fátima Leyva, Mexican footballer
- 1980 - Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress
- 1980 - Josh Senter, American screenwriter
- 1982 - Marián Gáborík, Slovak hockey player
- 1983 - Bacary Sagna, French footballer
- 1984 - Hamed Namouchi, Tunisian footballer
- 1985 - Karima Adebibe, Moroccan-English actress and model
- 1985 - Tyler Clippard, American baseball player
- 1985 - Heart Evangelista, Pinay celebrity
- 1985 - Natsume Sano, Japanese gravure idol
- 1985 - Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer
- 1985 - Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1986 - Michael Ammermüller, German racing driver
- 1986 - Roxanne Guinoo, Filipino actress
- 1987 - Joseph Pichler, American actor
- 1987 - Julia Savicheva, Russian singer
- 1987 - David Wheater, English footballer
- 1988 - Ángel Di María, Argentine soccer player
- 1988 - Eliska Sursova, Spanish American actress
- 1992 - Freddie Highmore, English actor
- 1995 - Paul Butcher, American actor
Deaths
- 270 - St. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273).
- 869 - Saint Cyril, Greek monk, scholar, theologian and linguist (b. 827)
- 1317 - Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)
- 1400 - King Richard II of England (murdered) (b. 1367)
- 1405 - Timur, Mongol conqueror (b. 1336)
- 1571 - Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (b. 1517)
- 1676 - Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
- 1714 - Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688)
- 1737 - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
- 1744 - John Hadley, inventor (b. 1682)
- 1779 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (b. 1728)
- 1780 - William Blackstone, English jurist (b. 1723)
- 1808 - John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732)
- 1831 - Vicente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero (b. 1782)
- 1831 - Henry Maudslay, English inventor (b. 1771)
- 1870 - St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)
- 1881 - Fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812)
- 1885 - Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)
- 1891 - William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War General (b. 1820)
- 1894 - Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814)
- 1922 - Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880)
- 1929 - Tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875)
- 1942 - Adnan Bin Saidi, Officer of the Malay Regiment killed in the defense of Singapore (b. 1915)
- 1943 - Dora Gerson, German actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (b. 1899)
- 1943 - David Hilbert, German mathematician (b. 1862)
- 1945 - Mordecai Brown, baseball player (b. 1876)
- 1949 - Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi-Assyrian communist leader (b. 1901)
- 1952 - Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
- 1958 - Abdul Rab Nishtar, veteran leader of Pakistan Movement, (b. 1899)
- 1959 - Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (b. 1898)
- 1967 - Sig Ruman, German-American actor (b. 1884)
- 1969 - Vito Genovese, American gangster (b. 1897)
- 1970 - Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (b. 1880).
- 1974 - Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1903)
- 1975 - Julian Huxley, British biologist (b. 1887)
- 1975 - P. G. Wodehouse, English writer (b. 1881)
- 1979 - Adolph Dubs, American diplomat (b. 1920)
- 1980 - Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor
- 1983 - Lina Radke, German athlete (b. 1903)
- 1987 - Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, Russian composer (b. 1904)
- 1987 - Karolos Koun, Greek theater director (b. 1908)
- 1988 - Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (b. 1901)
- 1989 - James Bond, American ornithologist (b. 1900)
- 1990 - Tony Holiday, German singer
- 1994 - Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer (executed) (b. 1936)
- 1995 - U Nu, Burmese politician (b. 1907)
- 1995 - Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (b. 1923)
- 1999 - John Ehrlichman, American presidential advisor (b. 1925)
- 1999 - Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
- 2002 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922)
- 2003 - Dolly, first cloned mammal (b. 1996)
- 2003 - Johnny Longden, English jockey (b. 1907)
- 2004 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
- 2005 - Najai Turpin, American boxer
- 2005 - Rafik Hariri, Lebanese politician and billionaire businessman (b. 1944)
- 2006 - Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974)
- 2006 - Darry Cowl, French musician and actor (b. 1925)
- 2007 - Gareth Morris, British flautist (b. 1920)
- 2007 - Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated film maker. (b. 1943)
notes
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